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NEWS
APRIL 1990
BAY AREA CHAPTER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
April 3rd and 4th are the dates of the ancient Roman
festival called Megalisia—a celebration of the Goddess
Cybele, the Great Mother who birthed all things, gods, and
people. But Cybele was not a mother in the way we think of
a mother;she was a mother alive in the fullness of her own
sexuality. Her worship points up the rather unrealistic
attitudes that prevail these days. A mother is, by
definition, a sexual being—it is the source of her
motherhood! Yet, most of the population try to ignore this
uncomfortable detail. How well do YOU think the celebration
of mother as a Red Hot Mama would go over in the USA today?
Perhaps the Sumerian GODDESS of beer would be a bit more
popular. Her name was Ninkasi. And we all know about the
immortality of Ceres, the Roman Goddess of grain. Her name
was immortalized in the cereal we eat as a breakfast food.
The simple Roman farmer worshipped Her each April 13th.
Farmers would bless their fields by walking or dancing
around them bearing burning torches